# The European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016, Regulation 27: Keeping of order in polling station

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) It is the presiding officer’s duty to keep order at the officer’s polling station.
(2) If a person engages in misconduct in a polling station or fails to obey the presiding officer’s lawful orders, the person may immediately, by the presiding officer’s order, be removed from the polling station—
(a) by a constable, or
(b) by any other person authorised in writing by the counting officer to discharge this function.
(3) A person so removed may not, without the presiding officer’s permission, re-enter the polling station that day.
(4) The powers conferred by this regulation may not be exercised so as to prevent a voter who is otherwise entitled to vote at a polling station from having an opportunity to vote at that station.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/219/regulation/27 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/european-union-referendum-conduct-regulations-2016/regulation-27
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